Advertising in video games

[Black Tiger]

check this out:
http://nationalcheeseemporium.org/

and then this:
http://www.massiveincorporated.com/

For the uninitiated: the first link is by a bunch of fellow gamers who figured out how to block steaming ads in Swat 4 (and presumably this technique will work for many games that are clients of massiveincorporated).

For advertisers, the Massive Network provides unprecedented access to the gamer audience through dynamic and targeted delivery of ad messages.

Personally, I hate advertisements shoved down my throat (i.e. when I am part of a "captive audience"). I'm the person who hates the fact that there are commercials at the movie theatre (the trailers are bad enough). I paid good money to see a movie, not watch commercials, goddamit.

Same goes for gaming.

Also, I despise DVDs that do not allow you to skip the "Coming Attractions" trailers.  Goddam! At least with a VHS tape, you could fast forward!  

Sorry for sounding a bit too mean-spirited... but this trend towards in-game advertising really gets my dander up.

A bunch of the big clients are listed at the bottom of the homepage. Konami, Eidos, Codemasters... I'm sure there are many more to come...

Ads before a movie either in a theatre or on a dvd are effing bologna.

But... if they want to play those digital ads on the screen before the film's start time, or if they'll start selling DVDs and video games for free with advertising content, so be it.

Just let us have the option of paying for the uncensored versions.

[Keranu]

Oh yeah, it's so stupid when DVDs MAKE you watch the previews/ADs.

[Black Tiger]

Oh yeah, it's so stupid when DVDs MAKE you watch the previews/ADs.

Well thats one thing.

But the the hell, do they put a trailer for Pochahontas on my effing Sin City DVD!?!?

[Keranu]

Damn, a trailer for a retarded ten year old Disney movie?

[Black Tiger]

Damn, a trailer for a retarded ten year old Disney movie?

No, this is stirring heart moving epic about the struggle of what it takes to be a man, without betraying your heartfelt morals that drive you to push to discover the truth about who you really are.

In other words, this one's live action.

Its still based on the classic, true-life love story of a 50 year-old man who raped an 11 year old girl(but she was native, so he was doing her a favor).

[Keranu]

Yeah I was kind of pissed off when Disney made their version of Pochohontas more of the same age as John Smith. The real eleven year old version would have looked a lot better for the animated film.

[GUTS]

Yeah Pocahontas f*cking sucked, that was the beginning of the end of the good era of Disney cartoons like Little Mermaid and Aladdin.

Speaking of cartoons, any of you guys remember The Road to El Dorado?  Now that was a badass cartoon, especially that trippy ass Elton John song sequence with all the crazy art.

[Black Tiger]

Speaking of cartoons, any of you guys remember The Road to El Dorado?  Now that was a badass cartoon, especially that trippy ass Elton John song sequence with all the crazy art.

You sure that was a cartoon and not just a bad "E" trip?

[esteban]

Yeah Pocahontas f*cking sucked, that was the beginning of the end of the good era of Disney cartoons like Little Mermaid and Aladdin.

Speaking of cartoons, any of you guys remember The Road to El Dorado?  Now that was a badass cartoon, especially that trippy ass Elton John song sequence with all the crazy art.

I've never seen the Road to El Dorado... you know I'll have to see it now just to see this Elton John trippiness.

[GUTS]

Yeah pretty sure, i've seen the movie like 10 times, haha.